So you ask, "what is a spreadsheet?". A spreadsheet is a grid that electronically organizes data into columns and rows.
Common Uses
Spreadsheets are mostly used to track financial information by making graphs and timelines and to keep track of interview forms so that everything is in order.
Examples of software:
Visicalc (the first of the spreadsheet applications)
Numbers (Apple's version of the spreadsheet)
Calc, Gnumeric(a free desktop version of the spreadsheet)- open source
So you ask, "what is a spreadsheet?". A spreadsheet is a grid that electronically organizes data into columns and rows.
Common Uses
Spreadsheets are mostly used to track financial information by making graphs and timelines and to keep track of interview forms so that everything is in order.
Examples of software:
Visicalc (the first of the spreadsheet applications)
Numbers (Apple's version of the spreadsheet)
Calc, Gnumeric(a free desktop version of the spreadsheet)- open source
GNU Oleo
IBM Lotus symphony- proprietary
Google Docs is a free, cloud based spreadsheet.
File extensions:
Microsoft Spreadsheet .xlr
Excel Spreadsheet .xls
Numbers (Mac) .xlr
Gnumeric (GNU Oleo) .xlr
IBM Lotus Symphony .xlr
Visicalc .xlr
Information-Works Cited:
TechTerms.com. 13 Feb. 2008. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. <http://www.techterms.com/definition/spreadsheet>.
"Spreadsheet." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 9 Sept. 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadsheet>.
"List of Spreadsheet Software." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 2 Sept. 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. [[%3chttp:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spreadsheet_software%3e.|<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spreadsheet_software>.]]
Web 2.0 Tool-
"Wordle - Create." Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds. Jonathan Feinberg, 2009. Web. 16 Sept. 2011. <http://www.wordle.net/create>.